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McGriddles & The Fourth of July…

Happy pre-4th, everyone -- honestly didn't think I'd have time to get a new article up until after the holiday, as we're engulfed in Tiki decorations of the most patriotic kind and trying to figure out the correct balance of fruit juices to really make our Zombies tick. I've got a killer movie to review, but for now, check out this just-published review of McDonald's McGriddles. The advertising blitz finally made a believer out of me, even if only for a short time.

Now back to decorating -- here's an assortment of pics of tomorrow's setup, though this isn't even half of the shit I got. I could've went to Disneyland for the money spent of elementary school palm tree window decos and inflatable flamingos. I'm not sure why we chose Independence Day for our luau, but hey, any excuse to bring Easter Island into the fold is okay by me...
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To celebrate Americana, here's a collection of past X-E articles that had at least an iota of patriotism to 'em: Uncle Sam Movie Review, Travel Guide To Maine, USA...and, uh, I guess that's it. One of them is pretty negligible, too. I'm a shitty American. See you this weekend...

Posted by Matt on 07/03/2003. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 39 comments

Hey Hellpop! — remember the [Mc] lobster salad sandwich? Ew.

Chestnuts roasted by Molten @ 07/04/2003 4:33 PM

Happy 4th of July, all. Just a question, but how many of you would be willing to shell out about $10- $15 for a Photog/ X-E shirt? If there’s enough interest and Matt gives me the OK, I will have a buddy of mine print up the shirts. Get back to me if you get the chance. bansheex@hotmail.com I’m damn serious. But you have to tell me that you want it, or it will never come to be. Alright?

Chestnuts roasted by Bansheex @ 07/04/2003 5:26 PM

Hey, Molten, long time no post. Am I the only one that thinks that Mc Lobster sounds like a horrible Pro wrestling move? Try saying just once…"And The Hurricane gets ahold of Rey Mysterio and…OH MY GOD, he nailed him with the Mc Lobster!" doesn’t it just flow off the tongue? Or maybe Mc Lobster is a really freaky sexual position. Like a combination of a Boston Crab and something else. I’m making my flesh crawl now. I have to go. Ewwww.

Chestnuts roasted by Bansheex @ 07/04/2003 9:12 PM

these thigns are the shit MAtt….you need to give them a chance… you aren’t going to get fat if you go for it once a week or so. Man these things are awesome….. for extra fat, throw a hasbrown between the sausage and egg.

noone can say that they don’t cut a corner of pancake, then put the pancakes on the fork, and then squeeze a peice of sausage on the same fork and then eat it. Everyone does that. Add egg and cheese to the mix… how CAN IT BE WRONG?!? when it SOUNDS SO RIGHT?

Chestnuts roasted by chad @ 07/05/2003 1:01 AM

McDonald’s eggs=processed dog fetus. ‘Nuff said.

Chestnuts roasted by health inspector @ 07/05/2003 2:59 AM

I am not sure how comfortable I am with having warm syrup exploding in my mouth.

Chestnuts roasted by Tessie @ 07/05/2003 7:46 AM

Oh GOD! I read this last night before I went to bed… and I swear, my dreams were filled with this monstrosity.

It is a good thing that in real life I live in Australia, and the worst atrocity McD’s foists on us here is a beetroot-laden McOz burger. blaerrrgh!

Chestnuts roasted by BunnyX @ 07/05/2003 2:47 PM

Molten: "Hey Hellpop! — remember the [Mc] lobster salad sandwich? Ew."

Yes, but never had the pleasure (?) of eating one. I always thought they should come out with a surf and turf burger, with a quarter pounder patty and a filet o’ fish patty stacked together.

Tessie: "I am not sure how comfortable I am with having warm syrup exploding in my mouth."

Awhile back there was a drink called Orbits, which was basically like Snapple with a disgusting addition: little globs of gelatin floating in it. The texture of these little globs once they got in your mouth was…well, never having actually performed fellatio, I could not say with any certainty that drinking Orbits was like having someone ejaculate in my mouth, but it was close enough to what I imagine it’s like that I made sure to stay far, far away from the drink after that.

Chestnuts roasted by Hellpop! @ 07/05/2003 9:32 PM

McDonalds makes their burgers out of beet roots in Australia? I suppose that’s better than making them out of http://www.langston.com/Fun_People/1993/1993AJY.html">sewage…and they said it couldn’t be done…muhuhahaha…I think I’m gonna be sick.

Chestnuts roasted by Lucid @ 07/05/2003 11:57 PM

I think the McGriddle is just trying to get in with the strange food posse. Sonic actually has something that is wierd…pancake on a stick! It’s like a corndog but with a sausage in the middle and a pancake outside. It taste good at first, then you get a nailpolish type after taste.

Chestnuts roasted by Kennef @ 07/07/2003 11:17 AM

I think we’ve mentioned before how Orbitz are perfect X-E review material. I haven’t seen any since at least ’98. Anybody with the terribly outdatedely (new word!) stocked groceries seen them around?

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 07/08/2003 3:53 PM

I also love tikis, especially moai (if you count moai as tikis).

Chestnuts roasted by Morbius @ 07/09/2003 2:10 AM

Frankly, I can’t stand McDonald’s food, especially their breakfasts, and usually avoid them like the plague. They still make decent fries, and McFlurries are good, but I won’t touch their burgers with a 39 1/2 foot pole.

Though I probably won’t be eating McGriddles any time soon, I love it when Matt reviews fast food, especially since so much of it is discontinued so quickly. (Two tasty cases in point – McD’s Shamrock mint milkshake and Burger King’s occasionally seen Italian Chicken Sandwich.) The McGriddles may be diet-busters and not the most attractive-looking foodstuff in the world, but I can understand the sentiment – you can eat sweet breakfast sandwiches, or have your pancakes during rush hour without needing forks, syrup tubs, and the possiblity of spilling said pancakes and syrup.

Chestnuts roasted by starwenn @ 08/16/2003 9:25 PM

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